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Table 2-3. Condition and trends assessment for coarse and fine filter conservation elements in the Mojave Basin and Range relevant to the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone. Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) Site-Specific Condition (SEZ Developable Area) Coarse Filter Conservation Element: Land Cover Types Description Sonora-Mojave Creosotebush-White Bursage Desert Scrub North American Warm Desert Wash Sonora-Mojave Mixed Salt Desert Scrub North American Warm Desert Pavement North American Warm Desert Bedrock Cliff and Outcrop Mojave Mid-Elevation Mixed Desert Scrub North American Warm Desert Playa Inter-Mountain Basins Semi-Desert Shrub Steppe Potential Distribution (Acres) Within SEZ Percent Within SEZ Relative to Distribution in Ecoregion Condition in the Vicinity of SEZ (Local-Regional Status) Potential Distribution (Acres) Within 5 mi of SEZ Boundary Percent Within 5 mi Area Relative to Distribution in Ecoregion Landscape-Ecoregional Condition Potential Distribution (Acres) Within Mojave Ecoregion Natural Land Cover Types Percent Total Distribution Within Ecoregion Current Conversion to Human Development (Acres) Ecoregional Trends a Percent Current Conversion Relative to Distribution in Ecoregion Future Conversion to Human Development (Acres) Percent Future Conversion Relative to Distribution in Ecoregion 3,428 0.02% 83,300 0.59% 14,085,230 34.73% 1,229,275 8.73% 1,<strong>444</strong>,510 10.26% 14
Table 2-3 (continued). Solar Energy Zone (SEZ) Site-Specific Condition (SEZ Developable Area) Coarse Filter Conservation Element: Landscape Condition Model Landscape Condition Value Average Current Condition Value Within the SEZ (SD*) Condition in the Vicinity of SEZ (Local-Regional Status) Average Current Condition Value Within 5 mi of SEZ Boundary (SD*) Fine Filter Conservation Element: Mojave Desert Tortoise Distribution Mojave Desert Tortoise Potentially Suitable Habitat Model (SWReGAP) *SD = standard deviation Potential Distribution (Acres) Within SEZ Landscape-Ecoregional Condition Average Current Condition Value Within Mojave Basin and Range Ecoregion (SD*) Average Future Condition Value Within Mojave Basin and Range Ecoregion (SD*) Ecoregional Trends a Average Ecoregional Difference in Current and Future Condition Values (%) 57.4 (5.0) 66.0 (9.4) 76.6 (13.8) 72.3 (17.3) -4.3 (5.6%) Potential Distribution (Acres) Within 5 mi of SEZ Boundary Potential Distribution (Acres) Within Mojave Ecoregion Future Conversion to Human Development (Acres) Percent Future Conversion 3,471 92,168 16,772,653 1,059,811 6.3% REGIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR THE DRY LAKE SOLAR ENERGY ZONE • TECHNICAL NOTE <strong>444</strong> • 17
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Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT_________
Page 7 and 8: The “Regional Mitigation Strategy
Page 9 and 10: 1.2 Background I n 2012, the BLM an
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